I just saw this show on Investigation Discovery. And it WAS GREAT! It's hilarious to see cheaters, players, and absolute shitdips get their just desserts. Plus, it kind of gives one hope that what goes around DOES in fact come around. One story was about a man whose wife found out he was seeing a girl on the side, divorced him and sold their house with a sign that said "Husband left us for a 22 year old". The next was of a guy who was playing 4 women, who then ambushed him when one of the four tied him to a bed in a motel. The third story though... Was one that made my stomach turn. A woman got involved with a married man who raped her, then had her framed so he would beat the rape charge, she was saved when his NEXT victim saw what he was doing and ratted him out to the cops.

The thing that gets me about these stories and the many other stories I hear about cheaters, players, and scumbags is that these guys are doing way more collateral damage than they are to the women they victimize. Not to minimize their suffering, but the social implications are devastating to a degree. Women may see and hear these stories and it starts to shape their opinions of men, making them more defensive and less likely to open up to one when he approaches her. Don't worry men, women are guilty of the same thing, but you have to admit women get a shittier deal. I have to walk from my car to the factory in the dead of night in a poorly lit industrial parking lot with a can of mace in my hand and my head swiveling like lawn sprinkler. My male coworkers can saunter up to the door without a care in the world, but I have to be on my guard, nearly at all times.

Yes women DO bad things like cheat, play, and hurt men. That does the same kind of damage. I'm hoping that people start realizing that this is the type of thing we gotta wean ourselves away from. We gotta stop lauding upon guys who're seeing more than one woman, we gotta stop high fiving when they brag about two timing their wives, we gotta stop thinking only in terms of ourselves and our own immediate gratification.

I know nobody wants to hear me do a whole moral opinion journal, but I just felt like sharing how I felt on the issue. Neither gender is blameless, so we both have to work on mending our images and getting rid of the troublemakers.

Thank you.